Hubert humphrey of minnesota. This was only the second televised president ial primary debate in history. It took place at the wchs tv studios in charleston. Five weeks before the primary polls show senator kennedy trailing by 20 points. With West Virginia voters expressing concerns about his Roman Catholic religion. But senator kennedy was able to make the race about religious tolerance and the separation of church and state, and he won with 60 of the votes on his way to securing the nomination. He went on to defeat Vice President Richard Nixon in the general election. Our coverage of this hourlong debate is courtesy of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum and West Virginia state archives. The following political debate between senator john f. Kennedy and senator hubert h. Had you ever f humphrey is being presented by wchs tv, the charleston gazette, and the participating stations as a public service. Here is the moderator for the debate, news director bill ames. Good
Novel coronavirus or covid19 hour by hour as we work to help americans understand the facts about the outbreak, the scope and the risks. At this moment at least 849 cases have been confirmed in 36 states and the district of columbia. At least 27 people have died in the United States, most of them in Washington State. As the illness spreads, live in this nation is changing in multiple ways. More universities across the country including american university, harvard, ohio state, are canceling classes and moving to online instruction. Several airlines have announced deep cuts in domestic and International Flights as people are discouraged from traveling. First lets start with erica hill in new york. Erica . Jake, good afternoon. As you mentioned, these numbers jumping. It seems almost as quickly as we report them, the numbers change as more states report back. We are now at 27 deaths, as you mentioned. One man in new jersey is the first death in that state, a 69yearold man who didnt have
Take a look. Were going to unit this party and unite this country. Folks want to nominate a democrat, a lifelong democrat, a proud democrat. A obama biden democrat. Join us. We cannot win this reelection excuse me. We can only reelect donald trump. If in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad. Together we can win back the house were going to keep the house and flip the senate. We talked about that were going to win back the United States senate. Dana while Bernie Sanders is shying away from attacking biden over his campaign slipups, hes saying this. When give a speech, often its 45 minutes or an hour. Because theres a lot of challenges the country faces and i have to talk about him. I think joe was somewhere where was he . Michigan or someplace else the other day . He spoke for seven minutes. I dont know how you say anything other than minimal discussion in seven minutes. Dana so both of the candidates have cancelled their events for tonight citing coronavirus as a concern.
So, the big event in the uk todayis so, the big event in the uk today is the delivery of the first budget in over a year, and many analysts are already dubbing it a coronavirus budget. Some elements have already been revealed, including more than 600 billion pounds of Infrastructure Project over five years. Financial help is expected of businesses and those who have to self isolate but cant claim sick pay. As the number of cases and deaths grow, government around the world are now under increasing pressure to act. Yesterday the latest move in italy was the deputy finance minister announcing mortgage payments will be suspended across the country as a part of a measure to ease financial pressures caused by the outbreak. The japanese government unveiled a four billion dollars package including Business Loans and subsidies for working parents who must take leave because of school closures. And in the united states, President Trump had said he would unveil measures to stimulate the world wa
Need of medical supplies. There have been pleas from Health Care Workers running out of surgical masks and theres fear there will not be enough ventilators, breathing machines, as the cases mount. President trump says its up to the states to obtain them. A lot of this work, and they are doing a lot of this, would. The federal government is not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and then shipping. You know, were not a shipping clerk. Vice president mike pence leading the federal Coronavirus Task force says the private sector will meet the need for medical equipment, but new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says, thats just not enough. It would literally take the federal government to say to manufacturers, stop what youre making or start making these machines. Theyre fairly technical as i understand it, but the supply chain issues are real. New york city says its two to three weeks from running out of medical supplies. Mayor bill de blasio says the city needs millions more p